Our Sponsors

JM Finn & Co is our Principal Sponsor for 2018. JM Finn is a wealth manager that looks to meet the demands of today’s investors by offering a personal approach to portfolio management, where individual investment needs are our primary driver. Designed to help guide our clients through the increasingly complex investment world, our personalised approach draws on traditional client service values that have been fine-tuned over the last 70 years. JM Finn has been our Principal Sponsor since 2014.

Strutt & Parker and BNP Paribas Real Estate have merged to form a combined business that is a top-tier UK real estate adviser, with 1,500 employees and 67 offices in the UK, and offers specialist advice in residential, rural and commercial property and remains committed to ensuring that our clients are our main focus, offering dedicated expertise to help them build innovative and tailor-made solutions.

Based in Yorkshire and Teesside, Biker Group is a privately owned multi-faceted company providing a diverse array of services to the construction industry. Employing more than 170 people directly and many more through highly vetted sub-contractors, we have become an established organisation that has grown through its reputation for delivering high quality and professional services across all divisions. We specialise in bespoke joinery, construction, groundworks, haulage, material handling, concrete production and waste management. We have the advantage of being able to interlink the various divisions on projects as required.

Bishopdale Group is the holding company for a group of industrial lubricants brands. Located in Manchester, the group is owned and managed by a team of Yorkshire based Directors with extensive knowledge of the market for industrial lubricants in the UK and across the World.

Bon Coeur Fine Wines was founded by James Goodhart in 1994, at the young age of 24. This award winning wine merchant is now one of the UK’s leading independent merchants. Over the years, Bon Coeur has development a loyal following amongst customers for offering first class customer service and great wines at a good price. From weekday wines from £6.99 to fine wines, there’s something for everyone. You are sure of a warm welcome at Moor Park, Bon Coeur’s fabulous state-of-the-art wine premises. Browse through Cellar 21 the wine showroom, join with friends at one of the many wine events, order through the online shop (bcfw.co.uk) or call on 01325 776446. Located near Scotch Corner in North Yorkshire, the business is family run providing wine to private households, businesses, events and leading hotels and restaurants throughout the UK.

Fordy Marshall is a Yorkshire based property consultancy business specialising in residential and commercial development land and property. From initial site appraisal through to agency disposal or acquisition. The practice can assist with planning advice, valuation, site assembly, sourcing funding partners, negotiating land promotion/option agreements, and delivering solutions for multi occupied sites, structuring land owners agreements/equalisation. The business is based at Bowcliffe Hall, Bramham, with active projects throughout the North of England. It is run by Christopher Fordy, formerly Partner at Strutt & Parker, who has over 25 years’ experience in the sector.

Owens Professional Partnership is a broker in the sale and purchase of accountancy practices. Our role is to introduce sellers and buyers, helping them achieve a successful and balanced outcome, beneficial to both parties. Owens Professional has been actively involved in this market, throughout the vast majority of England and Wales for nearly twenty years. In this time, we have established a reputation as one of the market leaders. The business is run by Rachel Lindley, previously a commercial solicitor and as a result, combines her experience and knowledge of the accountancy sales market with her expertise in business acquisition strategy.

Grewelthorpe – Ripon

HG4 3DA: Tel: 01765 658009

Open Tuesdays-Sundays and Bank Holidays: March 30th until July 1st. 10.00am-4.00pm

Entrance: £8.00 – (£6.50 in April and Autumn) children 5-12 yrs £1.50 and under 5s are free.

The 30 acres of gardens are set in a beautiful valley with scenic woodland walks and are further enhanced by three lakes, a pagoda, a summerhouse, a Himalayan shelter, bridges and over 60 contemporary sculptures. They are also widely considered to have the North’s largest collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolias with nearly 20,000 plants.

New attractions include a pop up exhibition and workshops by sculptor Rebecca Newman, the building of a Norse shelter and a children’s activity booklet and sculpture trail. There is also a contemplation circle consisting of 5 chairs carved from 200yr old giant redwood trees specially commissioned from Irish artist Liam O’Neill and new woodland paths set over an additional 12 acres.

A log cabin tea room also serves a range of hot and cold drinks and a variety of food options and the well stocked nursery has 200 different varieties of rhododendrons on sale as well as many other hardy ericaceous shrubs and perennials.

T L Dallas & Co Ltd are long established independent insurance brokers, offering full commercial insurance solutions for your business, as well as individual service for your personal requirements.

Founded in 1911, UK Youth improves social mobility by providing high quality services for young people aged 9 to 25 that are delivered through a network of locally accessible youth organisations across the UK.

Our vision is for all young people to be empowered to build bright futures, whatever their background or circumstances.

Our reach- we work primarily with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, from a wide range of religious and cultural environments, family settings, academic ability levels and geographic locations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

UK Youth simply couldn’t continue its vital work without the funds raised at Art for Youth North.

To find out more about UK Youth’s work visit ukyouth.org or read their latest annual review.